Reuters is reporting Wednesday night that Ammon Bundy, who along with several other militia members was taken into custody last night at a traffic stop set up by the FBI and Oregon State Police, has through a statement instructed occupiers remaining at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to “stand down and go home.”
BREAKING: Ammon Bundy and six co-defendants ordered held without bail during appearance in Portland, Oregon, court
— Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) January 27, 2016
BREAKING: Booking photos of Ammon Bundy, 7 others after arrest near Burns. https://t.co/AcqRyP4pd5 #KOIN6News pic.twitter.com/un82wepf95
— Brent Weisberg (@BrentWeisberg) January 27, 2016
BREAKING: Oregon protest leader Ammon Bundy calls on remaining occupiers to stand down and go home: statement
— Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) January 28, 2016
“To those remaining at the refuge, I love you,” Bundy’s lawyer read from a statement today. “Let us take this fight from here. Please stand down. Please stand down. Go home and hug your families. … Please go home.”
Ammon Bundy to remaining occupiers via his lawyer: "I love you. Let us take this fight from here. Please stand down" pic.twitter.com/pLtEztMQHG
— KATU News (@KATUNews) January 27, 2016
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@ReutersUS @Reuters It's about time. Looks like someone knocked some sense into the fool.
— Fatima (@Meetian4life) January 28, 2016
@ReutersUS @Reuters. ITS ABOUT TIME. These people are criminals and terrorists. They illigally occupied federal lands.
— Prashant101 (@Prashant10110) January 28, 2016
@ReutersUS @Reuters good
— Dick (@dicksteelworth) January 27, 2016
@ReutersUS @NickKristof Hope they throw the book at those Bundy fools in Oregon.
— Lauren S. Kahn (@laurenskahn) January 27, 2016
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The FBI held a press conference this afternoon at which a special agent said the occupiers had been given “ample opportunity to leave.”
LIVE: FBI Special Agent says armed protesters at Oregon refuge have been given ample opportunity to leave. https://t.co/dWnMHZqt6N
— Reuters Live (@ReutersLive) January 27, 2016
LIVE: FBI Special Agent says armed occupiers are free to leave through checkpoints where they will be identified. https://t.co/zLxudoR8JY
— Reuters Live (@ReutersLive) January 27, 2016
LIVE: FBI Special Agent says armed occupiers 'have led us where we are today…actions are not without consequences' https://t.co/i9Gazsi7Hd
— Reuters Live (@ReutersLive) January 27, 2016
LIVE: FBI Special Agent says authorities will not comment on details of fatal shooting, citing ongoing investigation https://t.co/GBvCekBrFe
— Reuters Live (@ReutersLive) January 27, 2016
One militant, rancher Robert LaVoy Finicum, was killed in a shootout with law enforcement at the traffic stop.
LIVE Harney County Sheriff says plan was to take down Oregon protesters peacefully, shooting 'didn't have to happen' https://t.co/7SSK7o5BtV
— Reuters Live (@ReutersLive) January 27, 2016
Harney County Sheriff calls for 'no more blood' after Oregon standoff. More here: https://t.co/hbuF5PSzUK pic.twitter.com/imXnbMcvD7
— Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) January 27, 2016